Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying

$39.95

Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying is a modern course in fly tying fundamentals covering the essential tools, materials, and techniques to tie a wide range of popular flies. With 1,000 photos, Craven covers cutting-edge techniques for the more tried and true classics such as the Royal Wulff, Adams, and Hare's Ear, and shared innovative approaches to current patterns such as the Brassie, RS2, and Copper John.

With clear, concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques from his over thirty years of tying flies for shops on Colorado's Front Range. This book is built on his successful tying classes, which start out with simple flies and work toward more complex patterns, all the while teaching techniques and introducing materials by tying popular patterns.

Fly Fishing For Dummies

$21.99

If you believe what you read, fly fishing requires the touch of a surgeon and the spirit of a Zen master. Forget about what you’ve heard about f ly fishing in the past, if you really want to learn how to fly fish all you need are the right tools, proper technique, and a positive attitude. With these essential elements you can begin to enjoy the sport of fly fishing in no time.

For those of you who have never held a fly rod, you will find enough information here to get you started. You won’t be forced to discover everything all at once. If you’re already a fly rodder, you’ll find plenty of tips and techniques that you can turn to right away without going through the basics all over again. And if you’re a master angler, you will find this book a handy reference for all kinds of questions.

Flyfisher's Guide to Michigan

$29.95

Michigan is one of the best states in the nation for flyfishing, and Jon Osborn's all-new Flyfisher's Guide to Michigan details the outstanding fishing opportunities like no other guidebook on the market. The author covers the hot spots and lesser known fisheries with personal experiences, historical overviews, effective techniques for both warmwater and coldwater species and resident and anadromous species, stocking data, appropriate gear and flies, access points, nearby fly shops, approximate float times and much more.

Hunting Musky With A Fly

$39.95

Musky, short for muskellunge, have been called the fish of 10,000 casts and are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, fish to catch on a fly. Musky have a large range--from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, north into Canada, throughout most of the St. Lawrence River drainage and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, extending as far south as Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley.

Nymph Fishing

$34.95

Author George Daniel brings readers up to date with tactics and tips he has learned since writing the best-selling Dynmaic Nymphing. He covers the equipment you need, new fly patterns, and presentations and rigs learned from top anglers around the country. More important, he dissects the main principals of casting and line control that tend to be the same across the board among top fly-fishing competitors and angler who don't compete but consistently catch fish, even under tough conditions.

In this book you will learn about:

Essential lines, rods and other gear
Best options for weighting flies and getting down
Pros and cons of contact versus suspension nymphing
How to cover the water more efficiently, and much more

Strip Set

$44.95

Strip Set is a comprehensive book on tactics for streamers, including new approaches for trout, steelhead, muskie, and bass. World-champion fly fisher George Daniel shares his knowledge of the exciting world of streamer fishing and helps readers develop a set of skills that will be effective anywhere in the world.

The Curtis Creek Manifesto

$9.95

Simply our favorite introduction to fly fishing! Simple, entertaining, and fun, this illustrated guide is perfect for anglers interested in the basics without too much technical jargon. Just because it's illustrated, doesn't mean it's not for adults too!

Trout Unlimited Boardman & Jordan Rivers Guide

Trout Unlimited Boardman & Jordan Rivers Guide

$27.00

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections.

17 Public Access sites on the Boardman
14 Public Access sites on the Jordan
11 local fly patterns
Local emergence schedule

Trout Unlimited Manistee River Guide

$27.00

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections.

Deward downstream to Smithville bridge
Full color photos
Directions to 32 different public access sites
Hatch guide and fly recommendations

Trout Unlimited Steelhead Rivers Guide

$27.00

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections.

Detailed directions to 52 public access sites on six Western Michigan Rivers:

The Big Manistee
The Little Manistee
The Betsie
The Platte
The White
The Muskegon